My waist line was slowly growing larger year after year. I always put off getting that gym membership or buying that piece of fitness equipment. Then one day I after seeing a family friend die before his son (whom he thought the world of) graduate high school. I then knew I had to do something.

I went out to the local fitness stores and was surprised by the sheer volume of fitness equipment that was possible to buy. Not to mention the 50 different prices of equpiment that appeared to be the same, at least from my novice perspective.

Then I ran into the store associate who helped me make my decision. Like any good sales person he defined my problem, and presented solutions to my problem.

After hearing what I was looking to do and how much I was looking to spend we settled in on an elliptical trainer.

After taking the elliptical trainer home I began using it daily. The first thing I noticed was how easy it was on my knees, being rather large that was my primary conern, was I actually going to be able to use it long enough to get results.

The second thing I noticed was the quality of the machine, again being rather large I was worried that mid range elliptical I bought may not hold up with daily use.

Finally all my worries were put to rest after six months of continued use. My waist line has deminished considerably and with slight changes in my diet I feel so much better and have so much more self confidence.